Park Geunhye (born February 2, 1952) is a South Korean politician. She served as the President of South Korea from 2013 until her impeachment in 2017. She is the second daughter of Park Chung-hee, former President of South Korea. On December 19, 2012, she was elected president of the country. She was the first woman president of South Korea, having taken office on February 25, 2013.[1] In 2013 and 2014, Park was named the world's 11th most powerful woman and the most powerful woman in East Asia by Forbesmagazine.[2]

On 9 December 2016, Park was impeached by the National Assembly on charges related to influence peddling by a top aide.[4] Her presidential powers and duties have been suspended since the ratification of the impeachment proposal, and Prime MinisterHwang Kyo-ahn has assumed those powers and duties as Acting President.[5] She was officially removed from office on 10 March 2017.[3]